I've been making an effort to explore more (dirt) back roads this season, and it is vastly more entertaining than the regular paved options. Google maps has led me in a couple of cases to what turned out to be snowmobile or ATV tracks, which were at the upper limit of my comfort zone on the Wee. Dumped it a few times in sand ruts today, but it was all good fun.
A few of the trails I hit were marked OFSC, so I looked them up when I got back and realized I probably needed a permit. But since it is summer, their site doesn't seem set up to sell me one now anyway. There were ATVs on those trails, so I looked up the OFATV site and read about their permits. And then the OFTR. And then the ODSC. And then I kind of got sick of acronyms and came back here.
I'm just looking to ride legally on any random goat track that I find through Google maps, but all of the sites/organizations seem really fragmented. I'm assuming that my (white) street plate and regular liability insurance is sufficient? Not sure what I should have for trail permits, or what the penalty would be without one. Ideas?
A few of the trails I hit were marked OFSC, so I looked them up when I got back and realized I probably needed a permit. But since it is summer, their site doesn't seem set up to sell me one now anyway. There were ATVs on those trails, so I looked up the OFATV site and read about their permits. And then the OFTR. And then the ODSC. And then I kind of got sick of acronyms and came back here.
I'm just looking to ride legally on any random goat track that I find through Google maps, but all of the sites/organizations seem really fragmented. I'm assuming that my (white) street plate and regular liability insurance is sufficient? Not sure what I should have for trail permits, or what the penalty would be without one. Ideas?